Chapter 3 DORM 13: NO ONE RETURNS

Great - here is your next scene, "Dorm 13: No One Returns", mixing the elements of Horror, Mystery and Emotional Suspense. [This dialogue in scene twenty-two follows a drama by the well with Saiha and Adrah.] Now the shadows in Midnight Grove are about to rouse all over again, pulling them into a darker episode.

🕯️ Scene: Dorm 13 – Forbidden Wing, 3:06 AM

[Setting:]

Dorm 13 was supposed to be locked. Boarded up ever since "the Incident" a decade back. Tonight, however, the door lies open - no light, no breath, only a terrible, throbbing chill venting from the entrance. Saiha and Adrah enter following whispers only they can hear.

SAIHA:

(whispering)

"Remind me why... we're breaking into the dorm that kills everyone?"

ADRAH:

(flatly)

"Because your name is scratched in the floorboards in Room 13-B."

SAIHA:

(halted)

"What?"

ADRAH:

"You carved it. In a past life. Just before-"

(pauses)

"You never made it out."

*[They step into a hallway. Lights flicker - not of electricity, but of memory. Doors open and creak without touching.] *

SAIHA:

(heart racing)

"This place remembers me somehow."

ADRAH:

"It does.

And it hates what you turned into.

*There a shadow crosses the end of the hall. Not a person. Something *older. Hungry.] **

SAIHA:

(low voice)

"What is that?"

ADRAH:

(grim)

"One of the forgotten. They subsist on broken time lines. They know you're trying to break yours."

SAIHA:

(tense)

"Can they kill us?"

ADRAH:

(quietly)

"They already have. Once. Maybe twice. This time... we fight."

[They arrive outside Room 13-B, which has mystic sigils drawn on it. [Saiha runs his fingers over a carved name-his name-worn, splintered, weeping ink out of the grain.] *

SAIHA:

(murmuring)

"I was here... I died here."

ADRAH:

(soft)

"But you're not alone on this occasion."

*[Then a scream comes from down the hall - *Saiha's voice - from the past. The,Here is your 23rd purely conversational scene, picking up from "Dorm 13: No One Returns." ** Inside Room 13-B **Saiha and Adrah encounter an **echo from the past - a time-looped version of Saiha, hollowed out by fear, memory, and by dark magic. This is where horror becomes identity, and Saiha is forced to face himself... literally.

🪞 Scene: Room 13-B – The Echo of Self

[Setting:]

The walls breathe. The ceiling drips memory. And the only mirror in the room that stands is: *a cracked one -- *on inside of which -- *another Saiha. * Pale. Fractured. Eyes glowing silver. This iteration merely gazes at Saiha with a smirk.

ECHO SAIHA:

(softly)

"You always come back.

You never learn."

SAIHA:

(tensing)

"What are you?"

ECHO SAIHA:

(smirking)

"I'm you, the one that stayed in Dorm 13.

The one who stopped running.

The one who broke."

ADRAH:

(stepping forward)

"This isn't real. It's a memory trap-"

ECHO SAIHA:

(interrupting)

"Oh, it's real, Adrah. "More real than your promises."

SAIHA:

(glancing at Adrah)

"Is he... me?"

ECHO SAIHA:

(bitter laugh)

"I *was. * Until you left me behind. Buried me alive in this accursed room. You lost the price that it was to save."

SAIHA:

(voice cracking)

"I didn't forget. I just ... couldn't hold it in any longer."

ECHO SAIHA:

(crossing still deeper into the mirror)

"Then *take it back. * Let me out. Let me be you again. You're weak now. Soft. In love.

You will never make it through what's coming."

ADRAH:

(firm)

"He's not weak. He's whole. "Because he chose something more than pain."

ECHO SAIHA:

(snarling)

"And what about you, Adrah? To love him just a short time before he died once more?"

SAIHA:

(stepping toward the mirror)

"No. Not this time."

ECHO SAIHA:

(furious)

"You need me. "Without me, you don't remember! You've forgotten what it..what it took to live!

SAIHA:

(softly, touching the glass)

"I don't want toHere is your 23rd purely conversational scene, picking up from "Dorm 13: No One Returns." ** Inside Room 13-B **Saiha and Adrah encounter an **echo from the past - a time-looped version of Saiha, hollowed out by fear, memory, and by dark magic. This is where horror becomes identity, and Saiha is forced to face himself... literally.

🪞 Scene: Room 13-B – The Echo of Self

[Setting:]

The walls breathe. The ceiling drips memory. And the only mirror in the room that stands is: *a cracked one -- *on inside of which -- *another Saiha. * Pale. Fractured. Eyes glowing silver. This iteration merely gazes at Saiha with a smirk.

ECHO SAIHA:

(softly)

"You always come back.

You never learn."

SAIHA:

(tensing)

"What are you?"

ECHO SAIHA:

(smirking)

"I'm you, the one that stayed in Dorm 13.

The one who stopped running.

The one who broke."

ADRAH:

(stepping forward)

"This isn't real. It's a memory trap-"

ECHO SAIHA:

(interrupting)

"Oh, it's real, Adrah. "More real than your promises."

SAIHA:

(glancing at Adrah)

"Is he... me?"

ECHO SAIHA:

(bitter laugh)

"I *was. * Until you left me behind. Buried me alive in this accursed room. You lost the price that it was to save."

SAIHA:

(voice cracking)

"I didn't forget. I just ... couldn't hold it in any longer."

ECHO SAIHA:

(crossing still deeper into the mirror)

"Then *take it back. * Let me out. Let me be you again. You're weak now. Soft. In love.

You will never make it through what's coming."

ADRAH:

(firm)

"He's not weak. He's whole. "Because he chose something more than pain."

ECHO SAIHA:

(snarling)

"And what about you, Adrah? To love him just a short time before he died once more?"

SAIHA:

(stepping toward the mirror)

"No. Not this time."

ECHO SAIHA:

(furious)

"You need me. "Without me, you don't remember! You've forgotten what it..what it took to live!

SAIHA:

(softly, touching the glass)

"I don't want toGreat - here is your next scene, "Dorm 13: No One Returns", mixing the elements of Horror, Mystery and Emotional Suspense. [This dialogue in scene twenty-two follows a drama by the well with Saiha and Adrah.] Now the shadows in Midnight Grove are about to rouse all over again, pulling them into a darker episode.

🕯️ Scene: Dorm 13 – Forbidden Wing, 3:06 AM

[Setting:]

Dorm 13 was supposed to be locked. Boarded up ever since "the Incident" a decade back. Tonight, however, the door lies open - no light, no breath, only a terrible, throbbing chill venting from the entrance. Saiha and Adrah enter following whispers only they can hear.

SAIHA:

(whispering)

"Remind me why... we're breaking into the dorm that kills everyone?"

ADRAH:

(flatly)

"Because your name is scratched in the floorboards in Room 13-B."

SAIHA:

(halted)

"What?"

ADRAH:

"You carved it. In a past life. Just before-"

(pauses)

"You never made it out."

*[They step into a hallway. Lights flicker - not of electricity, but of memory. Doors open and creak without touching.] *

SAIHA:

(heart racing)

"This place remembers me somehow."

ADRAH:

"It does.

And it hates what you turned into.

*There a shadow crosses the end of the hall. Not a person. Something *older. Hungry.] **

SAIHA:

(low voice)

"What is that?"

ADRAH:

(grim)

"One of the forgotten. They subsist on broken time lines. They know you're trying to break yours."

SAIHA:

(tense)

"Can they kill us?"

ADRAH:

(quietly)

"They already have. Once. Maybe twice. This time... we fight."

[They arrive outside Room 13-B, which has mystic sigils drawn on it. [Saiha runs his fingers over a carved name-his name-worn, splintered, weeping ink out of the grain.] *

SAIHA:

(murmuring)

"I was here... I died here."

ADRAH:

(soft)

"But you're not alone on this occasion."

*[Then a scream comes from down the hall - *Saiha's voice - from the past. TheHere is your 23rd purely conversational scene, picking up from "Dorm 13: No One Returns." ** Inside Room 13-B **Saiha and Adrah encounter an **echo from the past - a time-looped version of Saiha, hollowed out by fear, memory, and by dark magic. This is where horror becomes identity, and Saiha is forced to face himself... literally.

🪞 Scene: Room 13-B – The Echo of Self

[Setting:]

The walls breathe. The ceiling drips memory. And the only mirror in the room that stands is: *a cracked one -- *on inside of which -- *another Saiha. * Pale. Fractured. Eyes glowing silver. This iteration merely gazes at Saiha with a smirk.

ECHO SAIHA:

(softly)

"You always come back.

You never learn."

SAIHA:

(tensing)

"What are you?"

ECHO SAIHA:

(smirking)

"I'm you, the one that stayed in Dorm 13.

The one who stopped running.

The one who broke."

ADRAH:

(stepping forward)

"This isn't real. It's a memory trap-"

ECHO SAIHA:

(interrupting)

"Oh, it's real, Adrah. "More real than your promises."

SAIHA:

(glancing at Adrah)

"Is he... me?"

ECHO SAIHA:

(bitter laugh)

"I *was. * Until you left me behind. Buried me alive in this accursed room. You lost the price that it was to save."

SAIHA:

(voice cracking)

"I didn't forget. I just ... couldn't hold it in any longer."

ECHO SAIHA:

(crossing still deeper into the mirror)

"Then *take it back. * Let me out. Let me be you again. You're weak now. Soft. In love.

You will never make it through what's coming."

ADRAH:

(firm)

"He's not weak. He's whole. "Because he chose something more than pain."

ECHO SAIHA:

(snarling)

"And what about you, Adrah? To love him just a short time before he died once more?"

SAIHA:

(stepping toward the mirror)

"No. Not this time."

ECHO SAIHA:

(furious)

"You need me. "Without me, you don't remember! You've forgotten what it..what it took to live!

SAIHA:

(softly, touching the glass)

"I don't want toGreat - here is your next scene, "Dorm 13: No One Returns", mixing the elements of Horror, Mystery and Emotional Suspense. [This dialogue in scene twenty-two follows a drama by the well with Saiha and Adrah.] Now the shadows in Midnight Grove are about to rouse all over again, pulling them into a darker episode.

🕯️ Scene: Dorm 13 – Forbidden Wing, 3:06 AM

[Setting:]

Dorm 13 was supposed to be locked. Boarded up ever since "the Incident" a decade back. Tonight, however, the door lies open - no light, no breath, only a terrible, throbbing chill venting from the entrance. Saiha and Adrah enter following whispers only they can hear.

SAIHA:

(whispering)

"Remind me why... we're breaking into the dorm that kills everyone?"

ADRAH:

(flatly)

"Because your name is scratched in the floorboards in Room 13-B."

SAIHA:

(halted)

"What?"

ADRAH:

"You carved it. In a past life. Just before-"

(pauses)

"You never made it out."

*[They step into a hallway. Lights flicker - not of electricity, but of memory. Doors open and creak without touching.] *

SAIHA:

(heart racing)

"This place remembers me somehow."

ADRAH:

"It does.

And it hates what you turned into.

*There a shadow crosses the end of the hall. Not a person. Something *older. Hungry.] **

SAIHA:

(low voice)

"What is that?"

ADRAH:

(grim)

"One of the forgotten. They subsist on broken time lines. They know you're trying to break yours."

SAIHA:

(tense)

"Can they kill us?"

ADRAH:

(quietly)

"They already have. Once. Maybe twice. This time... we fight."

[They arrive outside Room 13-B, which has mystic sigils drawn on it. [Saiha runs his fingers over a carved name-his name-worn, splintered, weeping ink out of the grain.] *

SAIHA:

(murmuring)

"I was here... I died here."

ADRAH:

(soft)

"But you're not alone on this occasion."

*[Then a scream comes from down the hall - *Saiha's voice - from the past. The

Great - here is your next scene, "Dorm 13: No One Returns", mixing the elements of Horror, Mystery and Emotional Suspense. [This dialogue in scene twenty-two follows a drama by the well with Saiha and Adrah.] Now the shadows in Midnight Grove are about to rouse all over again, pulling them into a darker episode.

🕯️ Scene: Dorm 13 – Forbidden Wing, 3:06 AM

\[Setting:]

Dorm 13 was supposed to be locked. Boarded up ever since "the Incident" a decade back. Tonight, however, the door lies open - no light, no breath, only a terrible, throbbing chill venting from the entrance. Saiha and Adrah enter following whispers only they can hear.

SAIHA:

(whispering)

"Remind me why... we're breaking into the dorm that kills everyone?"

ADRAH:

(flatly)

"Because your name is scratched in the floorboards in Room 13-B."

SAIHA:

(halted)

"What?"

ADRAH:

"You carved it. In a past life. Just before-"

(pauses)

"You never made it out."

*\[They step into a hallway. Lights flicker - not of electricity, but of memory. Doors open and creak without touching.] *

SAIHA:

(heart racing)

"This place remembers me somehow."

ADRAH:

"It does.

And it hates what you turned into.

*\There a shadow crosses the end of the hall. Not a person. Something *older. Hungry.] **

SAIHA:

(low voice)

"What is that?"

ADRAH:

(grim)

"One of the forgotten. They subsist on broken time lines. They know you're trying to break yours."

SAIHA:

(tense)

"Can they kill us?"

ADRAH:

(quietly)

"They already have. Once. Maybe twice. This time... we fight."

\\[They arrive outside Room 13-B, which has mystic sigils drawn on it. [Saiha runs his fingers over a carved name-his name-worn, splintered, weeping ink out of the grain.] *

SAIHA:

(murmuring)

"I was here... I died here."

ADRAH:

(soft)

"But you're not alone on this occasion."

*\[Then a scream comes from down the hall - *Saiha's voice - from the past. The

Great - here is your next scene, "Dorm 13: No One Returns", mixing the elements of Horror, Mystery and Emotional Suspense. [This dialogue in scene twenty-two follows a drama by the well with Saiha and Adrah.] Now the shadows in Midnight Grove are about to rouse all over again, pulling them into a darker episode.

🕯️ Scene: Dorm 13 – Forbidden Wing, 3:06 AM

\[Setting:]

Dorm 13 was supposed to be locked. Boarded up ever since "the Incident" a decade back. Tonight, however, the door lies open - no light, no breath, only a terrible, throbbing chill venting from the entrance. Saiha and Adrah enter following whispers only they can hear.

SAIHA:

(whispering)

"Remind me why... we're breaking into the dorm that kills everyone?"

ADRAH:

(flatly)

"Because your name is scratched in the floorboards in Room 13-B."

SAIHA:

(halted)

"What?"

ADRAH:

"You carved it. In a past life. Just before-"

(pauses)

"You never made it out."

*\[They step into a hallway. Lights flicker - not of electricity, but of memory. Doors open and creak without touching.] *

SAIHA:

(heart racing)

"This place remembers me somehow."

ADRAH:

"It does.

And it hates what you turned into.

*\There a shadow crosses the end of the hall. Not a person. Something *older. Hungry.] **

SAIHA:

(low voice)

"What is that?"

ADRAH:

(grim)

"One of the forgotten. They subsist on broken time lines. They know you're trying to break yours."

SAIHA:

(tense)

"Can they kill us?"

ADRAH:

(quietly)

"They already have. Once. Maybe twice. This time... we fight."

\\[They arrive outside Room 13-B, which has mystic sigils drawn on it. [Saiha runs his fingers over a carved name-his name-worn, splintered, weeping ink out of the grain.] *

SAIHA:

(murmuring)

"I was here... I died here."

ADRAH:

(soft)

"But you're not alone on this occasion."

*\[Then a scream comes from down the hall - *Saiha's voice - from the past. The

Great - here is your next scene, "Dorm 13: No One Returns", mixing the elements of Horror, Mystery and Emotional Suspense. [This dialogue in scene twenty-two follows a drama by the well with Saiha and Adrah.] Now the shadows in Midnight Grove are about to rouse all over again, pulling them into a darker episode.

🕯️ Scene: Dorm 13 – Forbidden Wing, 3:06 AM

\[Setting:]

Dorm 13 was supposed to be locked. Boarded up ever since "the Incident" a decade back. Tonight, however, the door lies open - no light, no breath, only a terrible, throbbing chill venting from the entrance. Saiha and Adrah enter following whispers only they can hear.

SAIHA:

(whispering)

"Remind me why... we're breaking into the dorm that kills everyone?"

ADRAH:

(flatly)

"Because your name is scratched in the floorboards in Room 13-B."

SAIHA:

(halted)

"What?"

ADRAH:

"You carved it. In a past life. Just before-"

(pauses)

"You never made it out."

*\[They step into a hallway. Lights flicker - not of electricity, but of memory. Doors open and creak without touching.] *

SAIHA:

(heart racing)

"This place remembers me somehow."

ADRAH:

"It does.

And it hates what you turned into.

*\There a shadow crosses the end of the hall. Not a person. Something *older. Hungry.] **

SAIHA:

(low voice)

"What is that?"

ADRAH:

(grim)

"One of the forgotten. They subsist on broken time lines. They know you're trying to break yours."

SAIHA:

(tense)

"Can they kill us?"

ADRAH:

(quietly)

"They already have. Once. Maybe twice. This time... we fight."

\\[They arrive outside Room 13-B, which has mystic sigils drawn on it. [Saiha runs his fingers over a carved name-his name-worn, splintered, weeping ink out of the grain.] *

SAIHA:

(murmuring)

"I was here... I died here."

ADRAH:

(soft)

"But you're not alone on this occasion."

*\[Then a scream comes from down the hall - *Saiha's voice - from the past. The

Great - here is your next scene, "Dorm 13: No One Returns", mixing the elements of Horror, Mystery and Emotional Suspense. [This dialogue in scene twenty-two follows a drama by the well with Saiha and Adrah.] Now the shadows in Midnight Grove are about to rouse all over again, pulling them into a darker episode.

🕯️ Scene: Dorm 13 – Forbidden Wing, 3:06 AM

\[Setting:]

Dorm 13 was supposed to be locked. Boarded up ever since "the Incident" a decade back. Tonight, however, the door lies open - no light, no breath, only a terrible, throbbing chill venting from the entrance. Saiha and Adrah enter following whispers only they can hear.

SAIHA:

(whispering)

"Remind me why... we're breaking into the dorm that kills everyone?"

ADRAH:

(flatly)

"Because your name is scratched in the floorboards in Room 13-B."

SAIHA:

(halted)

"What?"

ADRAH:

"You carved it. In a past life. Just before-"

(pauses)

"You never made it out."

*\[They step into a hallway. Lights flicker - not of electricity, but of memory. Doors open and creak without touching.] *

SAIHA:

(heart racing)

"This place remembers me somehow."

ADRAH:

"It does.

And it hates what you turned into.

*\There a shadow crosses the end of the hall. Not a person. Something *older. Hungry.] **

SAIHA:

(low voice)

"What is that?"

ADRAH:

(grim)

"One of the forgotten. They subsist on broken time lines. They know you're trying to break yours."

SAIHA:

(tense)

"Can they kill us?"

ADRAH:

(quietly)

"They already have. Once. Maybe twice. This time... we fight."

\\[They arrive outside Room 13-B, which has mystic sigils drawn on it. [Saiha runs his fingers over a carved name-his name-worn, splintered, weeping ink out of the grain.] *

SAIHA:

(murmuring)

"I was here... I died here."

ADRAH:

(soft)

"But you're not alone on this occasion."

*\[Then a scream comes from down the hall - *Saiha's voice - from the past. The

Great - here is your next scene, "Dorm 13: No One Returns", mixing the elements of Horror, Mystery and Emotional Suspense. [This dialogue in scene twenty-two follows a drama by the well with Saiha and Adrah.] Now the shadows in Midnight Grove are about to rouse all over again, pulling them into a darker episode.

🕯️ Scene: Dorm 13 – Forbidden Wing, 3:06 AM

\[Setting:]

Dorm 13 was supposed to be locked. Boarded up ever since "the Incident" a decade back. Tonight, however, the door lies open - no light, no breath, only a terrible, throbbing chill venting from the entrance. Saiha and Adrah enter following whispers only they can hear.

SAIHA:

(whispering)

"Remind me why... we're breaking into the dorm that kills everyone?"

ADRAH:

(flatly)

"Because your name is scratched in the floorboards in Room 13-B."

SAIHA:

(halted)

"What?"

ADRAH:

"You carved it. In a past life. Just before-"

(pauses)

"You never made it out."

*\[They step into a hallway. Lights flicker - not of electricity, but of memory. Doors open and creak without touching.] *

SAIHA:

(heart racing)

"This place remembers me somehow."

ADRAH:

"It does.

And it hates what you turned into.

*\There a shadow crosses the end of the hall. Not a person. Something *older. Hungry.] **

SAIHA:

(low voice)

"What is that?"

ADRAH:

(grim)

"One of the forgotten. They subsist on broken time lines. They know you're trying to break yours."

SAIHA:

(tense)

"Can they kill us?"

ADRAH:

(quietly)

"They already have. Once. Maybe twice. This time... we fight."

\\[They arrive outside Room 13-B, which has mystic sigils drawn on it. [Saiha runs his fingers over a carved name-his name-worn, splintered, weeping ink out of the grain.] *

SAIHA:

(murmuring)

"I was here... I died here."

ADRAH:

(soft)

"But you're not alone on this occasion."

*\[Then a scream comes from down the hall - *Saiha's voice - from the past. The

Great - here is your next scene, "Dorm 13: No One Returns", mixing the elements of Horror, Mystery and Emotional Suspense. [This dialogue in scene twenty-two follows a drama by the well with Saiha and Adrah.] Now the shadows in Midnight Grove are about to rouse all over again, pulling them into a darker episode.

🕯️ Scene: Dorm 13 – Forbidden Wing, 3:06 AM

\[Setting:]

Dorm 13 was supposed to be locked. Boarded up ever since "the Incident" a decade back. Tonight, however, the door lies open - no light, no breath, only a terrible, throbbing chill venting from the entrance. Saiha and Adrah enter following whispers only they can hear.

SAIHA:

(whispering)

"Remind me why... we're breaking into the dorm that kills everyone?"

ADRAH:

(flatly)

"Because your name is scratched in the floorboards in Room 13-B."

SAIHA:

(halted)

"What?"

ADRAH:

"You carved it. In a past life. Just before-"

(pauses)

"You never made it out."

*\[They step into a hallway. Lights flicker - not of electricity, but of memory. Doors open and creak without touching.] *

SAIHA:

(heart racing)

"This place remembers me somehow."

ADRAH:

"It does.

And it hates what you turned into.

*\There a shadow crosses the end of the hall. Not a person. Something *older. Hungry.] **

SAIHA:

(low voice)

"What is that?"

ADRAH:

(grim)

"One of the forgotten. They subsist on broken time lines. They know you're trying to break yours."

SAIHA:

(tense)

"Can they kill us?"

ADRAH:

(quietly)

"They already have. Once. Maybe twice. This time... we fight."

\\[They arrive outside Room 13-B, which has mystic sigils drawn on it. [Saiha runs his fingers over a carved name-his name-worn, splintered, weeping ink out of the grain.] *

SAIHA:

(murmuring)

"I was here... I died here."

ADRAH:

(soft)

"But you're not alone on this occasion."

*\[Then a scream comes from down the hall - *Saiha's voice - from the past. The

Great - here is your next scene, "Dorm 13: No One Returns", mixing the elements of Horror, Mystery and Emotional Suspense. [This dialogue in scene twenty-two follows a drama by the well with Saiha and Adrah.] Now the shadows in Midnight Grove are about to rouse all over again, pulling them into a darker episode.

🕯️ Scene: Dorm 13 – Forbidden Wing, 3:06 AM

\[Setting:]

Dorm 13 was supposed to be locked. Boarded up ever since "the Incident" a decade back. Tonight, however, the door lies open - no light, no breath, only a terrible, throbbing chill venting from the entrance. Saiha and Adrah enter following whispers only they can hear.

SAIHA:

(whispering)

"Remind me why... we're breaking into the dorm that kills everyone?"

ADRAH:

(flatly)

"Because your name is scratched in the floorboards in Room 13-B."

SAIHA:

(halted)

"What?"

ADRAH:

"You carved it. In a past life. Just before-"

(pauses)

"You never made it out."

*\[They step into a hallway. Lights flicker - not of electricity, but of memory. Doors open and creak without touching.] *

SAIHA:

(heart racing)

"This place remembers me somehow."

ADRAH:

"It does.

And it hates what you turned into.

*\There a shadow crosses the end of the hall. Not a person. Something *older. Hungry.] **

SAIHA:

(low voice)

"What is that?"

ADRAH:

(grim)

"One of the forgotten. They subsist on broken time lines. They know you're trying to break yours."

SAIHA:

(tense)

"Can they kill us?"

ADRAH:

(quietly)

"They already have. Once. Maybe twice. This time... we fight."

\\[They arrive outside Room 13-B, which has mystic sigils drawn on it. [Saiha runs his fingers over a carved name-his name-worn, splintered, weeping ink out of the grain.] *

SAIHA:

(murmuring)

"I was here... I died here."

ADRAH:

(soft)

"But you're not alone on this occasion."

*\[Then a scream comes from down the hall - *Saiha's voice - from the past. The

Great - here is your next scene, "Dorm 13: No One Returns", mixing the elements of Horror, Mystery and Emotional Suspense. [This dialogue in scene twenty-two follows a drama by the well with Saiha and Adrah.] Now the shadows in Midnight Grove are about to rouse all over again, pulling them into a darker episode.

🕯️ Scene: Dorm 13 – Forbidden Wing, 3:06 AM

\[Setting:]

Dorm 13 was supposed to be locked. Boarded up ever since "the Incident" a decade back. Tonight, however, the door lies open - no light, no breath, only a terrible, throbbing chill venting from the entrance. Saiha and Adrah enter following whispers only they can hear.

SAIHA:

(whispering)

"Remind me why... we're breaking into the dorm that kills everyone?"

ADRAH:

(flatly)

"Because your name is scratched in the floorboards in Room 13-B."

SAIHA:

(halted)

"What?"

ADRAH:

"You carved it. In a past life. Just before-"

(pauses)

"You never made it out."

*\[They step into a hallway. Lights flicker - not of electricity, but of memory. Doors open and creak without touching.] *

SAIHA:

(heart racing)

"This place remembers me somehow."

ADRAH:

"It does.

And it hates what you turned into.

*\There a shadow crosses the end of the hall. Not a person. Something *older. Hungry.] **

SAIHA:

(low voice)

"What is that?"

ADRAH:

(grim)

"One of the forgotten. They subsist on broken time lines. They know you're trying to break yours."

SAIHA:

(tense)

"Can they kill us?"

ADRAH:

(quietly)

"They already have. Once. Maybe twice. This time... we fight."

\\[They arrive outside Room 13-B, which has mystic sigils drawn on it. [Saiha runs his fingers over a carved name-his name-worn, splintered, weeping ink out of the grain.] *

SAIHA:

(murmuring)

"I was here... I died here."

ADRAH:

(soft)

"But you're not alone on this occasion."

*\[Then a scream comes from down the hall - *Saiha's voice - from the past. The

Great - here is your next scene, "Dorm 13: No One Returns", mixing the elements of Horror, Mystery and Emotional Suspense. [This dialogue in scene twenty-two follows a drama by the well with Saiha and Adrah.] Now the shadows in Midnight Grove are about to rouse all over again, pulling them into a darker episode.

🕯️ Scene: Dorm 13 – Forbidden Wing, 3:06 AM

\[Setting:]

Dorm 13 was supposed to be locked. Boarded up ever since "the Incident" a decade back. Tonight, however, the door lies open - no light, no breath, only a terrible, throbbing chill venting from the entrance. Saiha and Adrah enter following whispers only they can hear.

SAIHA:

(whispering)

"Remind me why... we're breaking into the dorm that kills everyone?"

ADRAH:

(flatly)

"Because your name is scratched in the floorboards in Room 13-B."

SAIHA:

(halted)

"What?"

ADRAH:

"You carved it. In a past life. Just before-"

(pauses)

"You never made it out."

*\[They step into a hallway. Lights flicker - not of electricity, but of memory. Doors open and creak without touching.] *

SAIHA:

(heart racing)

"This place remembers me somehow."

ADRAH:

"It does.

And it hates what you turned into.

*\There a shadow crosses the end of the hall. Not a person. Something *older. Hungry.] **

SAIHA:

(low voice)

"What is that?"

ADRAH:

(grim)

"One of the forgotten. They subsist on broken time lines. They know you're trying to break yours."

SAIHA:

(tense)

"Can they kill us?"

ADRAH:

(quietly)

"They already have. Once. Maybe twice. This time... we fight."

\\[They arrive outside Room 13-B, which has mystic sigils drawn on it. [Saiha runs his fingers over a carved name-his name-worn, splintered, weeping ink out of the grain.] *

SAIHA:

(murmuring)

"I was here... I died here."

ADRAH:

(soft)

"But you're not alone on this occasion."

*\[Then a scream comes from down the hall - *Saiha's voice - from the past. The

Great - here is your next scene, "Dorm 13: No One Returns", mixing the elements of Horror, Mystery and Emotional Suspense. [This dialogue in scene twenty-two follows a drama by the well with Saiha and Adrah.] Now the shadows in Midnight Grove are about to rouse all over again, pulling them into a darker episode.

🕯️ Scene: Dorm 13 – Forbidden Wing, 3:06 AM

\[Setting:]

Dorm 13 was supposed to be locked. Boarded up ever since "the Incident" a decade back. Tonight, however, the door lies open - no light, no breath, only a terrible, throbbing chill venting from the entrance. Saiha and Adrah enter following whispers only they can hear.

SAIHA:

(whispering)

"Remind me why... we're breaking into the dorm that kills everyone?"

ADRAH:

(flatly)

"Because your name is scratched in the floorboards in Room 13-B."

SAIHA:

(halted)

"What?"

ADRAH:

"You carved it. In a past life. Just before-"

(pauses)

"You never made it out."

*\[They step into a hallway. Lights flicker - not of electricity, but of memory. Doors open and creak without touching.] *

SAIHA:

(heart racing)

"This place remembers me somehow."

ADRAH:

"It does.

And it hates what you turned into.

*\There a shadow crosses the end of the hall. Not a person. Something *older. Hungry.] **

SAIHA:

(low voice)

"What is that?"

ADRAH:

(grim)

"One of the forgotten. They subsist on broken time lines. They know you're trying to break yours."

SAIHA:

(tense)

"Can they kill us?"

ADRAH:

(quietly)

"They already have. Once. Maybe twice. This time... we fight."

\\[They arrive outside Room 13-B, which has mystic sigils drawn on it. [Saiha runs his fingers over a carved name-his name-worn, splintered, weeping ink out of the grain.] *

SAIHA:

(murmuring)

"I was here... I died here."

ADRAH:

(soft)

"But you're not alone on this occasion."

*\[Then a scream comes from down the hall - *Saiha's voice - from the past. The

Here is your 23rd purely conversational scene, picking up from "Dorm 13: No One Returns." ** Inside Room 13-B **Saiha and Adrah encounter an **echo from the past - a time-looped version of Saiha, hollowed out by fear, memory, and by dark magic. This is where horror becomes identity, and Saiha is forced to face himself... literally.

🪞 Scene: Room 13-B – The Echo of Self

\[Setting:]

The walls breathe. The ceiling drips memory. And the only mirror in the room that stands is: *a cracked one -- *on inside of which -- *another Saiha. * Pale. Fractured. Eyes glowing silver. This iteration merely gazes at Saiha with a smirk.

ECHO SAIHA:

(softly)

"You always come back.

You never learn."

SAIHA:

(tensing)

"What are you?"

ECHO SAIHA:

(smirking)

"I'm you, the one that stayed in Dorm 13.

The one who stopped running.

The one who broke."

ADRAH:

(stepping forward)

"This isn't real. It's a memory trap-"

ECHO SAIHA:

(interrupting)

"Oh, it's real, Adrah. "More real than your promises."

SAIHA:

(glancing at Adrah)

"Is he... me?"

ECHO SAIHA:

(bitter laugh)

"I *was. * Until you left me behind. Buried me alive in this accursed room. You lost the price that it was to save."

SAIHA:

(voice cracking)

"I didn't forget. I just ... couldn't hold it in any longer."

ECHO SAIHA:

(crossing still deeper into the mirror)

"Then *take it back. * Let me out. Let me be you again. You're weak now. Soft. In love.

You will never make it through what's coming."

ADRAH:

(firm)

"He's not weak. He's whole. "Because he chose something more than pain."

ECHO SAIHA:

(snarling)

"And what about you, Adrah? To love him just a short time before he died once more?"

SAIHA:

(stepping toward the mirror)

"No. Not this time."

ECHO SAIHA:

(furious)

"You need me. "Without me, you don't remember! You've forgotten what it..what it took to live!

SAIHA:

(softly, touching the glass)

"I don't want to.